Mississippi Hospitals Not Giving Up On Medicaid Expansion

The Mississippi hospital industry is leading an aggressive public push for a version of Medicaid expansion after behind-the-scenes negotiations with the state’s Republican governor failed to garner political support for expansion. With chances for Medicaid expansion likely dead this year, the hospitals now hope to make Medicaid a central issue in the state’s elections this November. Gov. Phil Bryant is ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits, and all 174 state legislative seats are up for re-election. “I’m...